Starship

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Starship is SpaceX’s fully reusable, next-generation spacecraft and rocket system designed for missions to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fully reusable spacecraft
super heavy-lift launch vehicle
two-stage-to-orbit launch system
alsoKnownAs BFR
surface form: BFR (early concept name)

Super Heavy booster
surface form: Starship-Super Heavy
architectureFeature cargo variant
crew variant
on-orbit refueling capability
tanker variant for propellant transfer
boosterRecoveryMethod catch by launch tower arms (planned)
companyFounder Elon Musk
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designFeature aerodynamic flaps for atmospheric reentry control
full reusability of both stages
heat shield tiles on windward side
methane-fueled Raptor engines
stainless steel primary structure
developer SpaceX
engineType Raptor
firstStage Super Heavy booster
intendedPayload Starlink satellite constellation
surface form: Starlink satellite batches

cargo for lunar missions
crew for deep-space missions
large satellites
intendedReusability airline-like operations
rapid turnaround between flights
landingMethod propulsive vertical landing
launchConfiguration Starship launch system
surface form: Starship upper stage stacked on Super Heavy booster
manufacturer SpaceX
material stainless steel alloy
notableContract Starship Human Landing System
surface form: NASA Artemis Human Landing System
operatedBy SpaceX
primaryLaunchSite Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas
propellantType liquid methane
liquid oxygen
purpose cargo transport to low Earth orbit
crew transport to low Earth orbit
interplanetary transport
missions to Mars
missions to the Moon
secondStage Starship upper stage
selectedBy NASA for lunar lander role
status under development
targetDestination Mars
Moon
other solar system destinations
targetOrbit low Earth orbit
upperStageEngineVariant Raptor
surface form: Raptor Vacuum

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SpaceX develops Starship
Raptor intendedVehicle Starship